survival odds

Probability of enduring

Survival odds are the chances of staying alive in a dangerous situation or of making it through a life-threatening condition.

Medical contexts use the term for prognoses: The survival odds for early-stage detection are much better.

The phrase applies broadly to any scenario where death is possible: What are the survival odds if we get lost in the mountains?

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mortality · prognosis · fighting · fighting chance · slim · slim to none · fate · gamble · coin flip · beating · long shot · fifty-fifty · critical · touch-and-go · make it · pull through · against · desperate

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Opposites
outcome probability direction

survival oddsmortality rate

Deaths per population measured

death rate · fatality rate · death risk · mortality risk · lethality

certainty versus probability

survival oddsforegone conclusion

Result assumed beforehand

death sentence · certainty · sure thing

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG